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But my understanding is that Matter is conceptually just porting Zigbee to run on IPv6, and no longer being tied to the special Zigbee variation of IEEE 802.15.
by jsmith45 4y ago
But my understanding is that Matter is conceptually just porting Zigbee to run on IPv6, and no longer being tied to the special Zigbee variation of IEEE 802.15.4.
Matter re-uses the Zigbee Cluster library for actual device control. It can operate over any layer 1 and 2 solutions that support ipv6, but the blessed implementations seem to be Ethernet, Wifi, Thread, and Bluetooth.
It will remain local control, on Apple's insistence. Apple is pretty stubborn, in that the only cloud server allowed to be involved in its home automation systems is iCloud, which is basically only used to let Siri on your phone control your home when away from home.
- phpisthebest 4y agoBut that is the thing. The special 802.15.4 is what made zigbee attractive to people like me. How have their own custom zigbee hub and uses a variety of devices from several manufacturers that have all of them report to the zigbee hub that I control Moving it to just standard wifi, Ethernet, etc will allow device manufacturers to lock out people like me Others in the community seem excited for it however anytime you have Amazon, Google, and Apple all working together I can never see how that results in good things for users as each are open hostile to user control in various ways.